Inbirth
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inner or inward birth rare
"My dear invisible Church (truly invisible, even to its pastor, as I never set eyes on one of you)-my dear Church, I'll let you into a secret—I am no mystic; I never in my life was in a “high sphere," and never experienced an “inbirth.""
Example
More examples"My dear invisible Church (truly invisible, even to its pastor, as I never set eyes on one of you)-my dear Church, I'll let you into a secret—I am no mystic; I never in my life was in a “high sphere," and never experienced an “inbirth.""
Etymology
From in- + birth. Compare Old English inberþ, inbyrd (“born within one's estate; native-born”).
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